Wednesday 2 March 2016

BRCA testing rates high in young women with breast cancer

According to a new study on March 2, 2016, testing for genetic mutations strongly associated with an increased breast cancer risk has risen dramatically among women younger than age 40 who are diagnosed with the disease.

Overall, within a year of their diagnosis, 87 percent of the women in the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Study were tested for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Read more here.

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